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Rubidium,  37Rb
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General properties
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Rubidium in the periodic table
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Atomic number (Z)37
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Periodperiod 5
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Electron configuration[Kr] 5s1
Electrons per shell
2, 8, 18, 8, 1
Physical properties
Phase at STPsolid
Melting point312.45 K ​(39.30 °C, ​102.74 °F)
Boiling point961 K ​(688 °C, ​1270 °F)
Density (near r.t.)1.532 g/cm3
when liquid (at m.p.)1.46 g/cm3
Triple point312.41 K, ​? kPa[1]
Critical point2093 K, 16 MPa (extrapolated)[1]
Heat of fusion2.19 kJ/mol
[[Enthalpy of vaporization|Heat of Template:Engvar]]69 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity31.060 J/(mol·K)
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Atomic properties
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ElectronegativityPauling scale: 0.82
[[Ionization energy|Template:Engvar energies]]
  • 1st: 403 kJ/mol
  • 2nd: 2632.1 kJ/mol
  • 3rd: 3859.4 kJ/mol
Atomic radiusempirical: 248 pm
Covalent radius220±9 pm
Van der Waals radius303 pm
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Other properties
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Speed of sound thin rod1300 m/s (at 20 °C)
Thermal expansion90 µm/(m·K)[2] (at r.t.)
Thermal conductivity58.2 W/(m·K)
Electrical resistivity128 nΩ·m (at 20 °C)
Magnetic orderingparamagnetic[3]
Magnetic susceptibility+17.0·10−6 cm3/mol (303 K)[4]
Young's modulus2.4 GPa
Bulk modulus2.5 GPa
Mohs hardness0.3
Brinell hardness0.216 MPa
CAS Number7440-17-7
History
DiscoveryRobert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff (1861)
First isolationGeorge de Hevesy
Main isotopes of rubidium
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  1. 1.0 1.1 Template:RubberBible92nd
  2. Cverna, Fran (2002). "Ch. 2 Thermal Expansion". ASM Ready Reference: Thermal properties of metals (PDF). ASM International. ISBN 978-0-87170-768-0.
  3. Lide, D. R., ed. (2005). "Magnetic susceptibility of the elements and inorganic compounds". CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (PDF) (86th ed.). Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0486-5.
  4. Weast, Robert (1984). CRC, Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Boca Raton, Florida: Chemical Rubber Company Publishing. pp. E110. ISBN 0-8493-0464-4.